13 papers
Azimuthal molecular variations in the AB Aur planet-forming disk
Haochang Jiang, Dmitry Semenov, Myriam Benisty +5
Late infall episodes are emerging as an important driver of disk evolution. Observed as filamentary streamers in molecular lines and scattered light, such accretion perturbs disk s…
Probing the ubiquity of complex ices in protostars with JWST: the first systematic quantification of weak ice bands between 6.8 and 7.9 micron
Yuan Chen, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Katerina Slavicinska +18
Complex organic molecules (COMs) are the key to understanding the chemical evolution from simple interstellar molecules to potential prebiotic material. Although COMs have been ext…
MINDS: Complementary inclinations in the binary system HK Tau reveal gas- and ice-phase chemistry
Alice Somigliana, Giulia Perotti, Nicolás T. Kurtovic +18
[Abridged] HK Tau is a roughly equal mass pre-main sequence binary system consisting of a low-inclination primary (57 deg) and an edge-on (83 deg) secondary. We present JWST/MIRI o…
The panchromatic JWST dayside spectrum of WASP-121 b reveals a refractory-rich formation
K. Angelique Kahle, Paul Mollière, Laura Kreidberg +16
One path to understand how planets form is to link their present-day atmospheric composition to predictions from planet formation models. For the hottest planets, the abundances of…
MINDS: Intertwined evolution of dust and gas in large planet-forming disks. A diversity driven by halted pebble drift?
Benoît Tabone, Milou Temmink, Laurens B. F. M. Waters +25
(Abridged) We aim to investigate the inner regions of large and massive disks orbiting T Tauri stars, thought to be progenitors of systems with wide-orbit planets and possible case…
JWST Edge-on Disk Ice (JEDIce): Program overview and ice survey results
Jennifer B. Bergner, Nicole Arulanantham, Emmanuel Dartois +21
The icy material within protoplanetary disks plays a central role in planet formation, yet remains poorly characterized by observations. We present 1.6-28m spectra of five disk…